I Wanted to Know When Groq Sends API Key Expiry Emails, So I Tested It
A black-box investigation into how Groq handles API key expiry notifications — what triggers the emails, when they arrive, and what the timestamps actually reveal.
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I Wasn't Supposed to Notice That Commit
How a habit of curiosity led me to discover a supply chain attack across our organization's repositories — a malicious postinstall script hidden in a commit from a compromised DevOps account.
Dates Are Not Data, They Are Context
Why dates and timestamps are commonly misunderstood in software development, how timezone mismatches lead to reporting bugs, and why calendar dates are context rather than plain data.
I Used a Production Frontend to Debug My Local Backend
A practical guide on how to use tools like Requestly and ngrok to redirect browser requests from a production frontend to your local backend, making debugging multi-step workflows significantly easier.
Slop Debt: The Debt You Don't Even Know You Took
Exploring the concept of 'slop debt' - poorly architected software created by AI agents that lacks clear ownership and creates unexpected maintenance challenges.
The Refresh Token Was There. The Browser Just Wasn't Sending It.
Why HTTP-only refresh token cookies work in Postman but fail in browsers due to cookie Path scoping mismatches, and how to debug authentication issues.
When Testing Costs Money
A real-world experience integrating a third-party API that lacked a sandbox environment and charged per call, requiring mock implementations and offline testing.
Small Observation That Changed How I See Everyday Tech
TOTP (Time-based One-Time Password) enables two-factor authentication without internet connectivity by combining a shared secret key and 30-second time windows.
It Worked in Dev. It Worked in QA. Then Production Happened.
A backend production incident where an appointment endpoint caused 4-second response times due to an N+1 query problem with 6,000+ DB calls, and how we solved it with query batching and projections.
I Closed the Terminal and Hoped for the Best
A physics student with no programming background shares their overwhelming first experience with Python in a college computer lab, facing terminal panic and indentation errors.